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Maple Nut Energy Bars

These super tasty granola bars are crunchy, salty and sweet, and melt in your mouth as you chew. Full of vital nutrients, they pack a power punch of energy when you’re on the go. Wrap them in plastic to add to any lunchbox

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Maple Nut Energy Bars

Why it works: Oats and pecans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 289 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Maple Nut Energy Bars

Serves 10
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

492Calories
8 gProtein
17 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Spirulinanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Walnut + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together993 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Pecans + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Dates + pecanstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together88 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Oats + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, pecans, walnut, almond, butter, maple syrup, cocoa powder):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Datesthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, pecans, walnut, almond, butter, maple syrup, cocoa powder. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.